Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Dallas, Texas—As part of The International Surface Event’s (TISE) Beyond the Surface Programs, designed to reach deeper into the many parts of the floor covering, stone and tile industries, TISE has launched the Startup Station for TISE 2023. This new area in the exhibit hall will feature six startup companies who are launching into the market. Attendees at TISE 2023 should mark this key feature as a destination during their TISE sourcing experience, show organizers said.

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The A to Z of Building

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

GMI Construction Group, one of the biggest privately owned construction companies in the UK, has boosted its Midlands presence, having been awarded over £100m in projects across the region.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Specialty flooring retailers are the drivers of this industry. Their success fuels every channel, from residential retail to commercial. To honor these businesses, FCNews is publishing its inaugural Retailers of the Year issue. It’s an effort to call attention to those retailers who are excelling or differentiating themselves in some aspect of their business.

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The A to Z of Building

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Peab has been commissioned to build a new combustion plant in Norwegian Finnsnes. The customer is Senja Avfall and the contract is worth NOK 118 million. Illustration: Trollvegg Arkitektstudio.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

St. Louis, Missouri—The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) released its 2023 hands-on training calendar. These events are held at various NWFA regional training centers across the United States and Canada. Each course is led by an NWFA regional instructor. These instructors are highly skilled and trained individuals who have a great passion for the wood flooring industry and are eager to share their knowledge, through NWFA standards, with others. “Participating in NWFA hands-on trai

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Washington, D.C.—Elevated mortgage rates, high construction costs for concrete and other building materials and weakening demand stemming from deteriorating affordability conditions continue to act as a drag on single-family housing production, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Overall housing starts decreased 4.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.43 million units in October, according to a report from the U.S.

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